This Tesla performance hype really needs to be put to an end and additionally needs to stop being misleading. Yes, the Tesla Model S performs fairly well for its weight due to the instant torque provided by the electric motor. But a bunch of videos are going up showing the Tesla Model S beating Vipers and now twin turbo V8 AMG sedans. It simply is not realistic to think the Tesla Model S electric sedan is going to perform like a modern twin turbo V8 based sedan.

The 2012 W212 E63 AMG in this video does not have the Performance Package option that adds more power and torque. Which is fine, because it still has more than enough power to beat the Tesla in a drag race. The Model S recently set a world record with a 1/4 mile run of 12.3@110 miles per hour. That really isn't all that fast.

The E63 AMG stock traps much higher than this, BenzBoost having seen a stock E63 run 12.0@116 in hot Florida weather. The Tesla Model S isn't faster, it isn't going to win, and this propaganda regarding its performance needs to stop.

The drag race in the video below is from 0-110 (coincidentally where the Tesla tops out in the 1/4 mile) and the E63 doesn't even brake boost just rolls into the throttle which of course favors a car that has no turbo lag and instant torque. This race clearly designed to favor the Tesla Model S as it stops once the E63 starts rapidly reeling it in.

I would recommend that you check out car and driver. They have a 5-60mph test that is interesting. This eliminates the advantage of launch control from the equation, similar to normal stoplight to stoplight b.s.
Obviously the 1/4 mile is the real test of straight line speed but for city driving the Tesla Model S Performance is plenty quick

I would recommend that you check out car and driver. They have a 5-60mph test that is interesting. This eliminates the advantage of launch control from the equation, similar to normal stoplight to stoplight b.s.
Obviously the 1/4 mile is the real test of straight line speed but for city driving the Tesla Model S Performance is plenty quick

5-60 is more a test of flexibility. The turbo motors will be penalized somewhat here compared to an electric. In a real drag race you will bring the RPM up or at the very least brake boost something like an E63. Not doing so is handicapping it. Who launches in a drag race without any throttle applied while staging?

The electric motor benefits from having immediate TQ from a launch or off-throttle roll race & a transmission that does not have to switch gears, while the turbo motor needs to build boost before it achieves full power & can suffer from transmission delays (slow AT/MT shifts, missing gears in an MT).

This piece of propaganda is no where as bad as the Viper losing to the Tesla S. Good for a laugh, the mall near my house has a lot of high end, classy retail stores and a Tesla Dealer.

5-60 is more a test of flexibility. The turbo motors will be penalized somewhat here compared to an electric. In a real drag race you will bring the RPM up or at the very least brake boost something like an E63. Not doing so is handicapping it. Who launches in a drag race without any throttle applied while staging?

Me . I only did so because I didn't want to overpower my runflat tires as I completely roast them if I brake boost. Still went 12.0@118mph with a 2.072 60ft while applying throttle off idle.

The car is fast, deceptively so... Get caught sleeping and as @Blaizon would say. A chase is a race, cause you'll be chasing it down. They merely show the car is not slow, its not proganda or misleading in any shape or form. Here's our car and its got some balls. Ask the Viper driver would slept off the line or the AMG driver who got left at the light. It is what it is...